So we started Kindergarten on Monday, Eaden's 5th birthday. On that same day, Simple Homeschool posted this article. I enjoyed the article and looking at the past links she mentions. I read the one about stepping off the grade level path and I enjoyed it as well. We will still do grades simply so we can communicate with people (about "school") and I don't think there is anything wrong with them. In the end I don't think it really matters how one goes about learning as long as it is wanted and desired. Talking about it so much leads to a lot of confusion in my mind. Confusion about terms and what they mean, confusion about what is right and wrong, confusion about whether one is a "good" parent or not. Who cares? Well a lot of people I know...Oh well. So with that confusion planted firmly in your mind, here is some of what I will label "planned Kindergarten activities" that we did this week. Our theme was healthy eating and where our food comes from.
We made grocery lists, or if we want to be hip and green, farmer's market lists (although we will later learn that our grapes come from Chile).
We purchased the items from our lists.
We made patterns using fruit.
And then I forced Eaden to do these worksheets (only kidding) so we might learn where said fruit came from and how we should try and eat local (but not today).
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